The Sun. — London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

, nde, nder, de* nd a pis' I .` The enemy having dropped his fore•sail, part ed f an in s ta n t , I praiiised the same manoeuvre - 1 ° close him, and the fire of the artillery and mus 'ketrY of his Majesty's two frigates •was renewed ,wi th so much vivacity, that it soon silenced that of the enemy. " La Clarinde came agpin close alongside, and SLortly after the shouts of "Long live the Empe -44'1" announced the surrender of the enemy at the t lictrient when several 'of La.. Renonzinee's crew leaped on board. Lieut. and Ensign KEARADEC, of • 4 a Clorintle were among the first ; among the,men 1 1(1 followed was a boatswain, aged Go, who, for- Otiog his years, darted on board with the greatest 111trepidity. The action listed .40 minutes, during almost . the whole of which, we were arm to arm,. or side " The frigate taken is the Junon, of 40 gunt, and 00 men. Captain SHORTLAND, who commanded e . r, has been sevbrely Ntronnded, and has lost one Of his officers.- She had ninety men killed and Wou'aded. " La Renown& has had 15 killed, and three Il'ounded ia Porinite six killed "al►d 15 wounded. 'Among the la't'ter is Ensign SOREL; who was thiown tiown upon the deck in the boarding. Captain. ST. CtiCO. mariCeuured hii frigate in this action with courage and. ability.: I did not k- Pett less from such a couipiniou. Ilpou all oeca - 4 ° l 3s of our ernize he afforded clothing but cause r ( lr praise; but the highest which I could. bestoisr, would fall short of his, merit. " 1 cannot express how much I ate . satisfied with MY officers and crew. Captain Sr. CIIICAL lost 4 ° l a moment to pay the same tribute of praise to those of the Clorinde. ".The brig of war which accompanied the Junon 15 the Obiervateur, of eighteen 24 pounders, took ho part in the action, except by one broadside which the fired at La Renommee;after which she ran,. and Iscaped by favour of the night. • _ " The English Captain riaariceuvred his frigate with equal courage and ability, but it was become I :npossible for him to escape us. " I request your Excellency to recommend both, his Majesty ; and most particularly call your ..attention to Messrs. GALABER and SE3io,. First Lieutenants .of the tivo frigates. (Signed) " ROQUEBERT." Capt. CoasaTT has arrived at the AdMiralty from thy Cape 'of Oood Hope. He is the bearer, we be ot the. official account of the capture of the ,Bourbon. Ai.eo , trng to the accounts brought by several ' 4 4ssels which have arrived n Rtver, and most Of which lett Gijon on the 2tll of January, m, body . br }llene!) troops had reached Resadesella, and had 13 4casioned great alarm among the inhabitants, any of whom had fled to Corunna. About 3090 I f tench troops had advanced also at the same period before the town of Gijon, for the purpose, it is sup- Nsed, of plunder. By letters from Alicant, dated January 14th, we find that a French army* about 04,000 men, had appeared within seven le - Igues of that place. Detachments Born this army, which had filled: its head-quarters at Albecette, had been plan deting in the neighbourhood of Alicant, and had driven away the inhabitants in terror and confusion. IJ,'ssEx EL EcTioN.—The numbers were yesterday 4 s ibilow For Mr. Houblon - - - 22 Mr. Burgoyne - - . . -7 Total for Mr. Raublon . - 2294 Mr. Burgoyne . . 65 Majority for Mr. Houblort 16c9 There was not a Court of Aldermen to-day, but the Loan MAYOR, after inspeEting the returns of the heal-wethers, ordered the p 6 cr of bread to be i i _ovfired id. per peck ; the qUarfern loaf then he It Ia said that the insurreaion which lately brOke MTh in South America was of a much more se -1161,5 nature tliin . was.stated in the Spanish .P.ipf!.rs, arid tat it was in reality the effett of a determined 'Spirit f ,Indeperdence. It first appeared at La Paz, WI kis extended to various other pl-tces. A letter from 'Janeiro, dated the 2d Dece:cber, stales, that the Whole Potosi district is in ()lien revolt, and that tliv Royal Archives have been destroyed in the cOiaury. A Proclamation, inviting the Whole population to' assert their natural rights, and throw a all dependence on the Mother Country, beeo issued, and has produced a yery strong im ression. • . Mr. SHERIDAN Las presented a Petition to his iNii-JESTV, in his own name, against the 'erection a a till; d Theatre.---Mrs. RICHARDSON, the other Proprietor, of the Drury-lane Patenr, has presented: another PcOtion, iu conjunction with the Trustees and the great body-of Renters. As Mt. WAITHMAN, according to report, made toich an unlucky mistake as to speak of AuGLYS .I3 as N.:in g Erossed the Vatican," we may ex- Pet, when he is nest inclined ro display his Itead ing, that allude to JULIUS CASAR as having resided in the Rubicon. • A few 'lays ago, as some boys were walking along the beach, opposite the slaughttr.house jetty, at Portsmouth, one of them discovered an old leather glove washed up on the beach, which he opened, and found it to contain 158 guineas, and a few halt guine,s Po firm an union had taken place between isutoe of tile guineas that they could not easily be se parated. ,tsl A s ViA L NEWS: FALMOUTH, FEB.' 1 o.—Sailed this day the Ches terfield Packet, Gina()Ns, with Mails, on the 6th inst. for Gibraltar, Malta, and Messina ; also his Majesty'sship Eclipse, of 18 guns, Capt. SALLIVAR, on, a cruize ; and the Phipps schooner, Capt. BELL, with Dispatches for Lisbon. Arrived yesterday the Princess Elizabeth packet, with Mails from Lisbon, 12 days passage left in the Tagus the - Princess Charlotte and IPalsingharti packets : the former was expe&ed to sail from thence about the sth of February. A convoy from Cork was going into the Tagus as the packet came out. The British troops were recovering fast from their late illness, and the head quarters was at Abrantes. Also arrived, last night, the schooner Puzzle, HOLLINGBROKE, from St. Michael's, 11 days pas ,.sage. About three days since, fell in with a large ship (water-logged), laden with timber, but could not ascertainA() 'where she belonged; she had no boat, nor a soul on board.- DEAL, FEB. 12.—Anived the Idas cutter from a cruize off Flushing. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships as per last ; and the Huddart East India Man, for India. PLY MOUTH, FEB. t L —Arrived the French frigate Le Caroline, from the Isle e France, which ship wag taken possession_ of there when the Island sur renderLd to the British forces. Sailed his Majesty's *hip /Achille, of 74 guns, Capt. Sir RICHARD KLNQ, to the Eastward. . Arrived hiS Alajesty's ship Africa, of 64 guns, 'Capt. BLAND, from the Baltic. Went up the harbour to be repaired his Majesty's Ship Virginie, Capt. BRACE. Foterskotrrx, FEB. tp.—Came in la§t evening the ,Itlarg&et homeward-bound East Indiaman to the Metherbank. Arrived his Mdjesty's ship; Sarpedon and 2Won key, the former from the Downs and the latter from Sheerness•. Arrived the Maria,- SEARGANT, from Bristol Ajax, SMITH, from London and the liiiigencv, SWINBURN, from Sunderland. Caine in this day the Ceylon, 'lifted, and Wood" ford ; outward-bound East Indianaen, frOrn the Downs. Arrived the Diligence and William store ships, from Halifax. Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ships L'Afri caine and Kent, to Spithead. Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ship' jantaica for the Mediterranean and Gidiz, with abbot twelve sail of transports with troops on board also the Plantagenet; Iltssvr, for Gibraltar ; and the Ma danzantheo, BROWN, for Malta. Sailed the Leonidas, Cox, and the Betsey , (plum- TON, for • Rio Janeiro. _ _ Sailed his Majesty's ship Jason to the Westward. We are requested to state, that Mr; btIFFIELD, who has eloped with Miss Etwas, is a Liman, and that none of the parties concerned were Cterg) men. We understand that Mr. D.'s addresses,had been permitted two years ago, but some change in the opinions of the governing • part of the family had .arisen, and other suitors were strongly recommend ed to the young lady. She, however, continued constant to her first attachment. The gentleman who handed Miss E. to the door was a real suitor to the lady visiting in the house, .and their union is expeEted shortly tri. take place: Mr. D. arrived safe at Gretna Green,. on Thursday night, and was immediately married to his fair and lovely companion. A duel was fought in Heston Fields, near Houns low, yesterday morning, between' Mr. MARSHALL and Capt. REDDON, in consequence of a dispute' at the Opera on Saturday last'. Mr. MARSH - ALL shad his right hand slightlfshattered, and his thumb shot off, h% the first fire, atter Which the duellists retired. The question between Mr. RICHARDS .and the County of Bucks, respelling Datchet Bridge ,(which was argued before the Judges this Terrri), was yes terday morning determined by the Ci.urt of•. King's Bcnch i►,- his faour. In consequence of this deci sion, the bridge will be rebu•lt at the expence of the County. Yesterday Lord MOLiNT,IOY gave a grand dinner at the Clarendon HoTe4, Bond-street; to the follow ing Noblemen and Gentlemen ; The Lid of Icortarlington, Lords Henry More, and George Perestord, Sir John Cradock, Generals Phipps, and William Spencer, Sir George Beaumont, Capt. Berestord, Mr. Laurence, R. A. &c. &c. - - On Friday, the 9th instant, GEORGE Ktrox, ED WARD HOBSON VIRTRiTVIUS LAWES, JOHN CLAR 'VAU7c CHAYTOR, and FLaEDERICK HARGRAVE, Esqrs. were called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple. On Friday evening last, at. his house in Ely place, died suddenly, ailed 37, J. C. SAUNDERS, Esq. late Demonstrator of Anatomy at St. Tho ' .mas's Hospital, and Surgeon to the London In firmary for curing diseases of the eye. In him the world has lost a man of science, and the poor a friend. He administered to the prevention and cure Of blindness with an humanity -that must for ever make him live in 1116 recollection of those who have -been benefitted by the application of his great ta lents. In the treatment of diseases of the eye he was - eminently successful ; and his name will be re membered by posterity with admiration and grati tude, • for having ascertained the means of giving tight to children born blind with cataracts. To-morrow morning the Wheel goes round, when every Ticket must be draWn, and every Prize, amounting to Two Hundred Thousand Pounds. HORNSBY and Co. hope to supply their Friends with a large proportion of the said Prizes, at 26, Corn or St. Margaret's Hill, Borough, THE INQUIIiY. Are tho'e reports subniitted to the Board they _are not generally,' the Master General sotilo such thing , . as he thinks may' be of u4e to the 140:tr , t. and not every thing. 'As you do not ,recolleEt that siege artillvry• ordered for two distin6.l sieges, was - there not a Tar& r .proportion, bOtkof siege artillery and 'field artil!ery, ordered and prepared for this expedition tli'm for any other since you have been in the ordnat.cr YeS. ' MINUTES OF EVWENCE, Taken before the Committee of the whole [louse, apFoinfed to consider of the Polity and Condut of the law fixpedi ,tion to the Scheldt-. FOURTH DAY, F. 8. The Right Hon. Sir lona ANST RWT HER, Bart. in the Chair. General Sir THOMAS TRIGOE, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, Examined by the Committee. You are Lieutenant.L.General of the Ordnance ? I am. Can you state the amount of .the field art:l4-).- and the siege artillery prepared?—l have 11 , 4 t' account of the field artillery ; the siege artilleul have stated. At what period did you receive instruaions to prepare ordnance for the expedition to the Scheldt ? From what particular ;ranch of the ordnance parturient is the Committee to obtain a return ( t f field artillery the Committee .orders - a letter be written to M . r. Crew, Secreta'ry of Ordnaick-„ it will be, done itnrnediately, or I can 'myself order it, if The Comfnittee dired me so to On the l9th of June, .1809. • When were the ordnance preparations com pleted ?—lt was about the end of June; but I really do not recolleet Oe precise day on which they, Was not the ordnance preparation embarked, ar were completed. Could that amount of ordnance have been pre pared at an earlier time, if earlier orders had been given ?,-.They could have been prepared at any time, if orders had been ' g iven ; I beg to say that I. really am not at all certain as to the time-at which ready to assemble in . the 17)6% - vns as soon as - the other ._ branches of the expedition arrived there ways understood it to be soI have no immedi3te weans Of _knowing it, bOt I believe, it was so. Werenot transport supplied for.the ernbarkatio4 of the Ordnance equipment, in the proportion that they were required. Within the tine that was neces sary to complete the hrrnament'at the period is v. as reqUired to assemble in' the Downs ?---r:de trans ports were very quickly supplied, and I have no re.;: collection . of ,any transports being waited for, f r any con , ;ide.table time. [The Witness` was directed to wit hdi aW.] they were completed. Has any account of the amount of ordnance been prepared ?—I believe it bas, I do not recolleotpar ticularly ; I know such accounts have been made out . ,, but whether they have been given in for-the use of the House, Lam not certain. • Do you tecollea what amount .of battering artil lery you ,kere directed to prepare i—There were 70 pieces of battering train of guns, sixty-two 24- pounder, and eight .GB-pounder carronades, and 74 mortars. . • Sir RUPERT.GEORGE, Bart. , Chairman of the Tran - E port Board, was called' in Do you recollea, in the ihstruaions, you receiv ed from Government to prepare Ordnance for the expedition for thcSCheldt, that two distinct batter ing trains Were to be prepared ?—I never sand any such instructions ; I only knew the amount of the ordnance to be prepared, and what I havemention ed was the battering train only ; I have not men- Examined by the Committee. State to the Committee at what tqne #rttl instructed to prepare transports for the ion ta the Scheldt.—On the 20th of May. State to what aniount.'—l was not ordered to t.ro vide to any particular amount ; but that a number c.f transports wou!d be wanted. tioned the field artillery. Are you aware, whether in the . embarking the battering train, it was allotted into.different ships So as to go into. different branches of the Scheldt at the same time I am not able 'to give' any in-, formation upon that point ; I never knew in 'what manlier the ordnance were embarked as 'to par ticular ships. In whose department is it to' superintend' the. embArkation ?—The 6mbarkat ions are superintended by the Officers of rank`ln the artillery at Woolwich, with all the other Officers of different xanks under their direction, :Ind also,: by• the Civil Officers of the Ordnance ; I "never understood it, to bc, my ; • I am generally wtending the B'e in London. Were any instructions given from I he , Board as to the - particular mode of ernharkingthe battering train, with a view to the dividing'it into different trains - at the same time believe not, I have no. knowledge of them. „ . . Without specifying either the tonnage, or tlic number of men ?—WithOut - specifying ether 1.. e tonnage or the :ntamber Of men At that time At- what time wa's it :statedthat they would be wanted ?--- ! . -As soon as possible. r gave notice in Ike hall of the Transi:ort Board, that transports would be wanted, - and we gave notice also at Lloyd's ; that none would be received who would not be re , dv on the part of thq owners, in a - week from the !Intl.). ". of May. . State what passed in consequence.—After the ex:- piratiOn of a week, we had'not sufficient transports. I had daily communication with the Secretary of -State, inleed several times in the day, and I report- , eJ progress ; and at the end of the week, there we , e ;:n" means a * sufficient number for the set , vices utvierstood were t?eterinined upon. What number. were -forthcoming at the end of - the- Nti e cannot precisely says Aor we renet ed it at-the end of the week: but the whole-nuinher . . . If any such instruaions had been given, would ,of transports we . took up for that expedit'oa , an - loaned to between t wenty-three and twenty-fee they have come before you in the dischargeof your official duty ?—Not necessarily. so ; the orders of :thousand :tons.. that kind are given by the M a ster-General, and lie i . Was that the whole number that was required ?a -e s 'No, - eat the whole number that was required; fes communicates such parts of his orders so the Board. as he thinks proper ; and I d o no t b e li e v e he made . we hail upwards of , a hundred thousand tons em any communicatido of that sort. ' ' ployed•for the whole exped , tion : but only twenty- In the , absence of the Msster-General, do you three-or twenty-four thousand- were taken up in coo s not supply his place.?—Not exasitiy ; r have not the seqeenee of the. orders we received on the ssoth. of . • same powers. . . - May. i By whom are the powers - of the Master-General ' The remaining transports were before in preee ration ?—No ; we had about twenty thousand toes executed when the Master-General is absent ?—By ' of transports, I' cannot speak to- the 'easact =li the Lieutenant-General and Board conjointly; in sben, but perhaps. two or three and twenty thousand matters purely militaty the Lieutenant-General gives tons in the service when I' received the order; art orders of his own authority, because the command ! other transports in the course of the equipment er of the military corps devolves. to him, as being Co ' lonel-enesecond• of-those corps, but all other lanai- rived Irons different parts of the -world,- particularly nesS is done by the Lieutenant-General and the i from Spain and. Portugal,''Whitsh I believe were or, Board conjointly. - . . ' e dered inane with a view to - some Service_ that was Did' Lord Chatham, - the Master-General, himself . likely to take place: ' ~ . , give the orders fox' the ordnance _for -tee expedition : rt . At ,what time were you instructed to pin to the Scheldt ?—He did. ' vide cavalry transports, and to what amount ?--e& t • To whom were those ordersdirefled ?.—I belie e t ill t h e troth of May; : Lit C iact, transports w ere he gave his orders to the Military Officers at Wool- wanted for infantry, or cavalry ' . and l stores, the wick, but on the leth of June his' Secretary, by his ships that were tendered were reported accordingly; order,' communicated to the Board that such . such as were fit for cavalry were appropriated- to ordnance were ordered to be . prepared for foreign cavalry, the other for infantry, and such as were service ; -the Master-General frequently gives orders fi t for neither infantry or cavalry were reported tot e to the Military Officers at Woolwich, and to the Civil t . ceive stores, ' , Officers at Woolwich, •for ordnance to be prepar- Do you remember any particular difficulty in pro . ' ed, and communicates it soon ' afterwards to the viding cavalry transports ?—There was more diffi ' Boards but these orders do not go through the,Board, cuity in providing cavalry transports than in provid- Were you rightly understood as stating that the ing ships for infantry or stores.. : , Ordnance Board received instructions to prepare • Do you recollect at what time the cavalry trans ordnance on the teal of June ?-0n the 19th of . ports required, and afterwards made use of, were June the communication was made to the Board of. provided,?-About the 17th or 18th of July th e Ordnance; the ordnance had been before ordered. e cavalry were embarked, all I believe, except the " Then the communication on the 19th of June draft-horses fie- the battering bairn— Was not an order to prepare ordnance, but a neti- When were the transports ready for the cavalry ? , fication that such ordnance had been ordered ? ' —The 17th, 18th, and igth of July, I think the. ea- ! A notification that such ordnance were ordered, valry were embarked. - . . not with a view that the Board should give the order, : ' When were the transports ready for the embark but epou the supposition that it was already given, ation of the cavalry ?-seThe whole w ere not really Who is the Military Officer at Woolwich, who . till about the time that they embarked; a FM Ad . carries the order Of the Master-General of the Ord- ahem were ready, but not the whole.' . nance into execution ?—The Master-General (rives. i . From ,whence, were the cavalry transports pro- ' „his orders to Major-General Macleod, Deputy-Ad- cured ?—Almost the whole of them in the river.' lutant-General of Artillety, he communicates these Then there was no delay in' the preparation for. orders to the Officer commanding the Artillery at' the embarkation of cavalry, arisipg from the eSpets- Woolwich before they are carried into execution. tatiou of transports from Portugal ?--ssl think , rat, Who is the Officer 'commanding the Artillery at arrangemeists having been made by the Secretary of Woolwich ?—They Nee different departments ; the . State with elle Commander in, Chief of the ;Indy, senior Officer, General Farrington, I look upon as ' .and the Lords. of the Admiralty ;...e bout the lath ce . the Officer commanding Artillery, and General 1 tith all the infantry embarked at P s erternouth, et Lloyd commands the garrison ; they have diffes Dover, at Rawsgate, at Chatham, and at flarwiesc, rent duties. . .. ' I . ; and within two or three days afterwards the casai w ,Who gives the orders for taking up the transports . Were ernbarked e lexcept a• thousand horses that e. ere for the ordnance service ?—The Board of Ordnance meant, as i understood, from the Secretary of Staie, makes -a requisitton to the transpol! Board, ac- fdr the heavy artillery; when I say all, I beg leavi e quaintipg them, what tonnage they want. i to he understood, the great body ; there might he a When was the requisition made by the Board a few that did not come in exactly on the lath or Ordnance to the Transport Board for transports to Oth. . . ~ . take the ordnance to the Scheldt ?—I do not- re w col- 'were the heavy artillery horses embarked ? I When lectexactly•the by, but I believe it,was about the ' We were ordered to provide for a thonsand horSee 19th of June. . - iof the heavyeartillery ; this service was, to be lite.: At what time were the` transports reported - to be vided for the last of all, and we . esrdiarked I believe, prepared for the ordnance ?—I -do not recollect; but -, -in a short time, between six and 'Seven hundred 5 I • indeed than question cannot be answered directly, • think within a' week or ten days' after the °thee. because the transports were prepared at - different 'lt the exact date is material, I believe I count 1 - eiss links, andleaded as they were: ,ready e they were ni•ih it; it :seas • between - six and seven lartined , not all prepared on the same day. s' • horses for the heavy artirery. I understood trete To whom do the military and otfier.officers at . the Secretary of State, that the expeditson migh Woolwich report?--Thee reperi in 'genetal to the . possibly sail without any of those horses, but tit it Matter General. ' . ,'1 it would be very. desirable if we could ably sendaise. ssed t ,ons. his re-, ;tech his .uces ness that r on :fiey CA. edi ble. for Liens Tbo ad• o lie mit the the abla MC' 'nil - L'. so prd- Mr. a CO, 'op. the rdet ier- Noe ia- Lied was oast blin. SS . --.-.... 310 0 tho ,out !belt her wet, Utl'' I in En a d up 004